... human rights norms such as the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination. WHEN THE CROWN HAS THE FORESHORE CAN IT SELL IT? Clause 12 states that "no part of the public foreshore and seabed may be alienated or otherwise disposed of (except) by a special Act of Parliament". Commentary - The Crown has said that needed to take the foreshore because it was worried Maori would sell it. However Clause 12 clearly gives the Crown a right to sell it through a "special Act of Parliament". Maori experience of the large scale asset sales of the 1980's and 1990's indicate that the government could quite easily do this again. DOES THE BILL GIVE MAORI THE RIGHT TO GO TO COURT? The government has said that the Bill gives Maori "due process'' or a right to go to court on foreshore and seabed matters but it is worth remembering two points 1. It ...

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